Arresting Progress

Low-level arrests are rising again

Arresting Progress

Low-level arrests are rising again

Data show how attacks on criminal justice reform and supercharged funding for ICE and local law enforcement are driving up low-level arrests.

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Arresting Progress

Arresting Progress

Immigration arrests nearly tripled. Vagrancy arrests jumped 44%. Here's what's driving the return to failed enforcement policies.

Losing Status: 3.5 Million Immigrants Are Projected to Lose Status By 2028

Losing Status: 3.5 Million Immigrants Are Projected to Lose Status By 2028

By the end of 2028, an estimated 3.5 million previously protected immigrants in the U.S. are projected to lose status.

Cutting Health Care, Supercharging ICE

Cutting Health Care, Supercharging ICE

State impacts of Trump Administration changes to federal funding

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

New policy brief and video series show how parole systems fail to give incarcerated people a fair chance at release and highlight...

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

Our new groundbreaking report, We Can’t Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax, reveals how families are being locked out of...

New Data Reveals ICE Has Set Aside $257 Million to Pay Local and State Law Enforcement

New Data Reveals ICE Has Set Aside $257 Million to Pay Local and State Law Enforcement

New data, available for download, reveals ICE paid or promised $257 million to 282 law enforcement agencies nationwide for arresting immigrants.

Arresting Progress

Arresting Progress

Immigration arrests nearly tripled. Vagrancy arrests jumped 44%. Here's what's driving the return to failed enforcement policies.

Losing Status: 3.5 Million Immigrants Are Projected to Lose Status By 2028

Losing Status: 3.5 Million Immigrants Are Projected to Lose Status By 2028

By the end of 2028, an estimated 3.5 million previously protected immigrants in the U.S. are projected to lose status.

Cutting Health Care, Supercharging ICE

Cutting Health Care, Supercharging ICE

State impacts of Trump Administration changes to federal funding

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

New policy brief and video series show how parole systems fail to give incarcerated people a fair chance at release and highlight...

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

Our new groundbreaking report, We Can’t Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax, reveals how families are being locked out of...

New Data Reveals ICE Has Set Aside $257 Million to Pay Local and State Law Enforcement

New Data Reveals ICE Has Set Aside $257 Million to Pay Local and State Law Enforcement

New data, available for download, reveals ICE paid or promised $257 million to 282 law enforcement agencies nationwide for arresting immigrants.

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New FWD.us Report Shows Surge in Low-Level Arrests Reversing Decades of Criminal Justice Progress Across the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new analysis of FBI arrest data released today by FWD.us, Arresting Progress, reveals an alarming return to extreme...

October 21, 2026